Receptacle for antiseptic bandages.



UNITED STATES CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A

PATENT OFFICE.

a BLACK, OE

`RECEFTACLE FOR ANTISEPTIC BANDAGES.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 25, 1907.

Application led November 22,1906. Serial No. 344,541.

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Be it known that I, OTTO O. SCHULZ, a citizen of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Oook and State of Illinois, have invented new and useful Improvements in Receptacles for ages, of which. the following is a specification.

i This invention relates to boxes or receptacles Containing iirst aids for the injured which are used in -Inilitary service and in other ways, and it com prises certain improvements on the package forming the subject of my application No. 320,439 filed June 6,

` The object of this invention is to provide the box with strong and substantial suspension hooks which are not liable to become disengaged from the box and which can be folded close to the box for shipment in quantities.

Another object of the invention of equal importance is to provide a simple means for .removing the binding strip from the box, said a character which avoids the means being of strip being accidentally reliability of the moved.

In the accompanying drawings I have illustrated the invention as applied to the box constructed and illustrated substantially as disclosed in my other application and referring to which drawings Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved box. Fig. 2 shows the two members of thel box separated. Fig. 3- is a transverse central sectional view. Fig. 4 is an enlarged detail sectional view showing the joint between the two members. Fig. 5 is a view of the binding strip removed from the box.

As fully set forth and described in my other application heretofore referred to the box comprises two members 10 and 11 constructed to partially telescope by providing a rim 12 on member 10 which iits snugly within the sides of the member 11. The member 10 has an outstanding flange 13 extending entirely around the same and the member 11 has flanges being adapted to be brought together one upon the other when the two members of formed by bending the metal of the member outwardly and then inwardly at the base of the rim and the iiange 14 is formed by bend- Antiseptic Banda similar flange 14, the two the box are telescoped. The iiange 13 is ing outwardly the metal'of the member 11 around the edge thereof. The two members are held together in a secure and rigid manner by a substantially rectangular binding f strip or band 15, U-shaped in cross section which is crimped or pressed to iit tightly on the iianges of the members. A divided ring 16 is arranged in the opening 17 in the binding strip, near one end thereof, and the ends of the ring grasp the binding strip near the other end thereof so that the ring will lie close to the bottom of the box and form, in

substantial effect, a connection between the two ends of the strip.

l The ends of the ring may be offset from each other (Fig. 3) so that when they are engaged with the strip they will grasp the same securely without liability of accidental disengagement. When it is desired to open the box the ring is swung downward, as shown in Fig. 5, by disengaging the ends of the ring from the binding strip and then the ring can be grasped by the thumb and foreiinger and pulled to remove the binding strip quickly from the box and permit the members to b e separated.

The package is equipped with two hooks 18 preferably made of wire which are loosely arranged in openings 19 in the strip at the upper side of the box and are adapted for attachment to the belt of a soldier.

I hooks are indented or flattened at 20 to make them larger than the openings 19 so that they can not be disengaged from the strip. The hooks can be folded upon the box as indicated in Fig. 1 so that the box can be packed compactly for shipment. The ends of t 1e strip abut against each other so that they will not engage with the clothes of the soldier or anything else and be pulled to accidentally remove or loosen the strip from the box.

I prefer to make the box and strip of copper and provide the internal surface of the box'with a coating 21 of tin and cover the exterior part of the box and strip with paintY or enamel to prevent corrosion and prolong the life of the package. The strip may be applied to the iianges of the box in any suitable manner but it is preferably pressed by machinery into firm engagement therewith to assist in making the box air tight and prevent the strip from being accidentally disengaged from the anges at any point.

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one upon the other, a bind- I5 ing strip to inclose said flanges and se* curely lock the members together, and two suspension hooks loosely arranged in holes in the strip so that they may be folded down upon the box and alongside the strip and flanges for shipment or swung upward for use, said hooks being flattened or indented to prevent removal from the strip.

OTTO C. SCHULZ.

What I claim and desire to Secure by Letadapted to rest ters Patent is:

1. A box for a first aid package comprising tWo members each having a flat outstanding flange adapted to rest one upon the other7 a binding ystrip to inclose said flanges and securely look the members together, and a divided ring attached to the strip adjacent to one end thereof to facilitate the removal oi the strip from the box, said ring being arranged so that its ends may be engaged with the other end of said strip.

2. A box-for a iirst aid package compris I ing two members each having a flat Jflange 1llitne'sses:

WM. O. BELL. M. A. KIDDIE. 

